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About Jonathan Aird
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
Live Reviews

Live Review: Transatlantic Sessions 2025, Royal Festival Hall, London, Sunday 9th February 2025

February 27, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

Over the last thirty years, growing out of BBC sessions and star spots at Celtic Connections, Transatlantic Sessions have become – to borrow from Chesterton – The Flying Folk Club.  And not just as a travelling […]

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Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill “Come to Me” – coming together again, maybe 

February 27, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill’s new single, ‘Come to Me”  is a track off the married couple’s debut album, ‘Long After The Fire’, produced and engineered by Paul Allen and coming out via Label 51 Recordings. […]

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Track Premiere: Tobacco & Rose “Bride Of Suffering”

February 26, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

A 30-year veteran of the Canadian music scene, Richard Moody has toured the world with such luminaries as The Wailin’ Jennys and Steven Fearing.  Tobacco & Rose is his solo project: a collection of songs, inspired […]

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Blue Cactus “This Kind Of Rain” – insert twelth night quote…

February 25, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Just to be clear, this is not an unprovoked attempt to stake a claim for the Americana UK territory that we call The Video Section – no way man.  In fact it is nothing less than […]

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Meanwhile, in Montréal – connection and inspiration at the 2025 FAI Awards

February 25, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

The 2025 Folk Alliance International (FAI) conference wrapped up over the weekend, and it was another occasion which made us wish that the petty cash was a rather larger pot… one day, one day…  It’s an […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

February 17, 2026 0

Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Track Premiere: Eric Bolander “Closer To That Flame”

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“The darkness is creeping all over my soul / hold me closer to that flame” sings Eric Bolander on this song taken from his album ‘The Wind‘ (due out March 29th).  For Eric Bolander the darkness […]

Album Reviews

Banditos “Visionland” (Bloodshot Records, 2017)

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Bursting forth from the grooves with the dynamic opener ‘Fine, Fine Day’ this album announces its presence with brio and verve. A fantastic piece of Stooges like driving rock so breathless that the vocals appear to […]

Live Reviews

Cam Penner + Midnight Skyracer @Celtic Connections, Royal Concert Hall New Auditorium, Glasgow, 18th January 2020

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AUK’s first jaunt at 2020’s Celtic Connections took us to the grand concert hall in the city centre to see a one off show by Canadian Cam Penner and his erstwhile sidekick Jon Wood. It’s a […]

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